Virchow Foundation
The Executive Board is responsible for the operational management and the implementation of the strategy of the Virchow Foundation. Members of the Executive Board are serving the Virchow Foundation in purely honorary function.
The Foundation Secretariat serves as the central point of contact. Its team manages the operations of the Virchow Foundation and the Virchow Prize. It also supports the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Council. The Global Health Policy Lab, established under the umbrella of the Virchow Foundation, is fostering innovation and knowledge for policymakers to accelerate the translation of science-informed recommendations into concrete laws, policies and interventions.
Prof. Dr. Detlev Ganten
Co-Founder & Member of the Executive Board
Roland Göhde
Co-Founder & CEO
Dr. Harald Hasselmann
Chair | Friends of the Virchow Foundation
After completing his doctorate studies in economics Dr. Harald Hasselmann gained experience at various international pharmaceutical companies. He was head of Finance & Controlling for Europe at Bayer Pharma, managing director at Schering’s Hungarian subsidiary and director of the Berlin-based biotech company metaGen. He has held various positions in large and medium-sized healthcare companies and has an excellent track record in sales, controlling and implementing restructuring measures. With effect from October 1, 2015, Dr. Harald Hasselmann became Managing Director for Sales and Finances at Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG. In January 2017 he was recruited as a member of the Executive Board of Eckert & Ziegler AG. In June 2023, Dr. Hasselmann was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Eckert & Ziegler SE.
Academic and Professional Activities
- Since 2023: Chairman of the Executive Board | Eckert & Ziegler SE
- Since 2017: Executive Director | Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG GmbH
- Since 2015: Managing Director | Eckert & Ziegler AG
- 2012 – 2015: Chief Executive Director | Franziskus Hospital
- 2007 – 2012: Head of Business Planning / Administration for Europe / Canada | Bayer Pharma AG
- 2004 – 2006: Chief Executive Director | Schering Kft
- 2001 – 2003: Chief Financial Director | metaGen Pharmaceuticals
- 1995 – 2000: Manager Finance and Head of Price Policy for Europe | Schering AG
- 1990 – 1993: Degree of Business Administration | Technical University of Berlin and University Lüneburg
- 1993 – 1994: PhD of Business Administration (Dr. rer oec) | Technical University Berlin
Dr Branwen Hennig
Executive Director | Global Health Policy Lab
Virchow Foundation & Charité Center for Global Health
As global health specialist, Branwen’s expertise covers the spectrum from research & development through to translation into policy & practice. She assumed directorship of the GPHL in spring 2024 and serves on the Board of Directors of MalariaNoMore UK. In previous roles Branwen consulted for TDR at the World Health Organization on implementation research in low-resource settings and was Interim Head of International Operations at Wellcome in London, UK, overseeing their Africa & Asia Programmes. Branwen’s experience builds on leading her own research in infectious disease epidemiology at the MRC Unit The Gambia / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and beyond.
Mutine Jeanneret
International Coordinator
Mutine holds a Master’s Degree in Human Security from the Anthropology Department, Aarhus University, Denmark (2023) and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the Global Studies Institute (GSI) , University of Geneva, Switzerland (2020).
Professional Experience
DIPLOMACY, COOPERATION, HUMAN RIGHTS
- Feb-Dec 2024: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland Academic internship at the Embassy of Switzerland to Madagascar, the Seychelles and Comoros, Antananarivo, Madagascar | Representative for INGO and National NGO cooperation, diplomatic missions focal point, research and report drafting and consolidation, focal points for grant and project management and follow-up
- 2020: Conselho Indiginesta Missionário (CIMI), Geneva, Switzerland | Assistant to CIMI and Brazilian NGOs’ coalition at 5th Human Rights Council session
FIELDWORK
- Sep-Dec 2022: Foundation for Justice and Dev. Initiatives | Intern and academic field research, Project Placement in Transitional Justice, Gulu, Uganda
- Aug-Sep 2022: Friends of Batwa International | Intern and academic field research, Project Placement in Conservation Refugees, Bwindi, Kabale, Uganda
